Živilė Šarakauskienė (née Čiukšytė, born 6 November 1978) is a Lithuanian

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player who holds the title of

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WIM, 2005). She is four time winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (1998, 2002, 2009, 2011). In 2012 she moved to England and now represents this country in international competitions.

Biography

Živilė Šarakauskienė is multiple medalist of the Lithuanian Women's Chess Championships, in which she won four gold (1998, 2002, 2009, 2011) and bronze (2008) medals. Živilė Šarakauskienė participated World Girls U-20 Championship in 1998,

World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. History Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015 (OR 2016), the event has been s ...

s in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996 (in categories U14, U16 and U18). She is participant of European Individual Women's Chess Championship in 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2008., European Union Chess Championship in 2006. Since 2012, she has been a British citizen. Živilė Šarakauskienė played for Lithuania in the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

s: * In 2002, at second board in the 35th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =3, -4), * In 2008, at fourth board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =2, -1), * In 2010, at third board in the 39th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =2, -3). Živilė Šarakauskienė played for England in the European Women's Team Chess Championships: * In 2015, at fourth board in the 11th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+3, =1, -3). With chess club ''Širvinta Vilkaviškis'' Živilė Šarakauskienė participated in

European Chess Club Cup The European Chess Club Cup is an annual chess tournament for club teams from Europe. It is organised by the European Chess Union. The competition is held with the Swiss system over seven rounds. It consists of two sections, open and women's, with ...

in 1998, 1999 and 2000. She is member of the Four Nations League team (since 2011) with ''Guildford A&DC''. Her youngest sister is Lithuanian and English chess Woman Grandmaster Dagnė Čiukšytė. Her husband Gediminas Šarakauskas is chess International Master.

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